Hilary’s guidebook

Hilary
Hilary’s guidebook

Food scene

A beautiful converted barn with a brasserie and restaurant. There is a Saturday morning food market, a shop and a stunning garden. Well worth a visit and a delightful place to sample the wine grown on the estate.
54 locals recommend
Wyken Vineyards
Wyken Road
54 locals recommend
A beautiful converted barn with a brasserie and restaurant. There is a Saturday morning food market, a shop and a stunning garden. Well worth a visit and a delightful place to sample the wine grown on the estate.
An old coaching inn in Ixworth High Street serving lunch and dinner.
The Pykkerrell Hotel
38 High St
An old coaching inn in Ixworth High Street serving lunch and dinner.
The Dog at Norton does a good Sunday lunch - generous helpings.
Norton A1088 Norton Dog station
The Dog at Norton does a good Sunday lunch - generous helpings.
Fabulous French food. Worth booking in advance.
30 locals recommend
Maison Bleue
30-31 Churchgate St
30 locals recommend
Fabulous French food. Worth booking in advance.
Good for brunch.
8 locals recommend
Gastrono-me
22 Abbeygate St
8 locals recommend
Good for brunch.
Innovative and delicious food.
11 locals recommend
1921
19-21 Angel Hill
11 locals recommend
Innovative and delicious food.
An attractive hotel with good food. It can get busy in the summer as it is a popular wedding venue.
Ravenwood Hall
An attractive hotel with good food. It can get busy in the summer as it is a popular wedding venue.
So Bar Bury St Edmunds
Langton Place
Innovative, delicious food.
20 locals recommend
Pea Porridge
28-29 Cannon St
20 locals recommend
Innovative, delicious food.
15 locals recommend
The Weeping Willow Pub
39 Barrow Hill
15 locals recommend
The Plough at Rede is a lovely old pub with good food.
31 locals recommend
The Plough
Green End
31 locals recommend
The Plough at Rede is a lovely old pub with good food.
A courtyard restaurant and shops with locally produced honey, preserves, meat, game and cheese.
9 locals recommend
Elveden Estate Shops & Restaurant
London Road
9 locals recommend
A courtyard restaurant and shops with locally produced honey, preserves, meat, game and cheese.
The Brewers Arms at Rattlesden has recently been renovated and serves excellent food.
Brewers Arms station
The Brewers Arms at Rattlesden has recently been renovated and serves excellent food.
Central and historic hotel with bar and restaurant.
18 locals recommend
The Angel Hotel
3 Angel Hill
18 locals recommend
Central and historic hotel with bar and restaurant.
Good Food and a welcoming atmosphere. Garden.
The Bull Freehouse
The Street
Good Food and a welcoming atmosphere. Garden.
Lucy's Pizzeria
A newly opened Italian restaurant in a beautiful historic building.
Rustico Italian restaurant
83-87 Risbygate Street
A newly opened Italian restaurant in a beautiful historic building.

Sightseeing

A beautiful place for walks. Live bands play here in the summer months.
79 locals recommend
Thetford Forest Park
79 locals recommend
A beautiful place for walks. Live bands play here in the summer months.
54 locals recommend
Go Ape Thetford
54 locals recommend
An historic market town with excellent shopping, the Abbey and Abbey gardens, numerous restaurants and attractive buildings.
176 locals recommend
Bury St Edmunds
176 locals recommend
An historic market town with excellent shopping, the Abbey and Abbey gardens, numerous restaurants and attractive buildings.
13 locals recommend
Moyse's Hall Museum
Cornhill
13 locals recommend
Guildhall
Guildhall Street
94 locals recommend
Banham Zoo
Kenninghall Road
94 locals recommend
17 locals recommend
Suffolk Wildlife Trust
17 locals recommend
There are lovely walks around the lake - park by the church.
Great Livermere
There are lovely walks around the lake - park by the church.
A beautiful place to walk with a deer park and the Ickworth Hotel is good for food too.
55 locals recommend
Ickworth House, Park and Gardens
55 locals recommend
A beautiful place to walk with a deer park and the Ickworth Hotel is good for food too.
Greene King Brewery
National Trust - Melford Hall
18 locals recommend
122 locals recommend
Lavenham
122 locals recommend
Fullers Mill Garden
Theatre Royal, Bury St. Edmunds
Westgate Street
22 locals recommend
The main venue in Bury St Edmunds for concerts, events, talks and musical evenings.
25 locals recommend
The Apex
1 Charter Square St
25 locals recommend
The main venue in Bury St Edmunds for concerts, events, talks and musical evenings.
West Stow Anglo-Saxon Village
Icklingham Road
16 locals recommend
21 locals recommend
Gainsborough's House
46 Gainsborough St
21 locals recommend
A long stretch of beach, colourful beach huts, great restaurants, interesting shops - a glorious step back in time.
287 locals recommend
Southwold
287 locals recommend
A long stretch of beach, colourful beach huts, great restaurants, interesting shops - a glorious step back in time.
Palladian historic home to the Duke of Grafton. Host to the East Anglian Game Fair, the Red Rooster Music Festival and Rural Pastimes.
Euston
Palladian historic home to the Duke of Grafton. Host to the East Anglian Game Fair, the Red Rooster Music Festival and Rural Pastimes.
The smallest pub in the country
16 locals recommend
Nutshell Pub Bury St Edmunds
17 The Traverse
16 locals recommend
The smallest pub in the country
Beautiful hotel with lovely grounds - non-residents can visit for lunch, afternoon tea or dinner.
6 locals recommend
The Ickworth Hotel
6 locals recommend
Beautiful hotel with lovely grounds - non-residents can visit for lunch, afternoon tea or dinner.
Excellent brewery tour
greene king
14 Lower Belgrave Street
Excellent brewery tour